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Aug 2, 2020 15:15:24   #
mg1962 wrote:
Bill,
Yes that is what I meant. I was at one time a member of the A.T.S. (American Tarantula Society). It has been a while, surprised I still remembered.


Memory lasts, the maps get misplaced.
This site is a good refresher for natural science.
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 15:11:34   #
1CanonGuy wrote:
It always amazes me when folks here on the hog want to sell their cameras and equipment some of the price’s they ask.


One starts high, one can come down in price, but not go up.
But there can be a limit to how high.
Hard to get things like that past an enlightened crowd like UHH.
Or sell to them.
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 15:04:02   #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
More pictures from late last year. September, I think.

First up is one of the buffalo treehopper species. This is Strictocephala diceros. Buffalo treehoppers can be very wily! When you even look at them, they can quickly move to the opposite side of the plant stem.
Buffalo treehopper by Mark Sturtevant, on Flickr

Next is our six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton). I photographed the heck out of these aquatic spiders earlier in the season. This is a youngster, not even half-way grown, but she has done well to catch a damselfly. The younglings will over-winter and appear early next season as adults.
Six-spotted fishing spider by Mark Sturtevant, on Flickr

The cricket shown here is the red-headed bush cricket (Phyllopalpus pulchellus). The interesting story is that they used to live farther south, but they have been moving northward.
Red-headed bush cricket by Mark Sturtevant, on Flickr

This is a nymph of the helmeted squash bug (Euthochtha galeator). I like the spikeyness, although the adult is unremarkable and I have not photographed it yet. This picture is a stacked image of two pictures that were taken by hand. Considerable additional work in Gimp was required since both antennae and a couple legs had to be moved because the stack did not align well. Why did I bother? I don’t know.
Helmeted squash bug nymph by Mark Sturtevant, on Flickr

Next is a thread-waisted wasp, but I am not sure about the species. We have Ammophila procera, which is a similar but larger species that was shown here earlier, but I don’t see the long mandibles that the females use to carry paralyzed caterpillars. So maybe this is a male A. procera. An inquiry has been sent to BugGuide, and I am sure they are right now working hard to provide an answer. In any case, it was sound asleep and had secured itself to the plant by locking its jaws on it. These wasps are normally very active, but sleeping ones are a piece of cake.
Sleeping thread-waisted wasp by Mark Sturtevant, on Flickr

One day in a park I was chased out of the field by a sudden rain shower. While sitting it out under a picnic shelter, I noticed this large underwing moth near the ceiling so I climbed up to retrieve it for pictures. Hard to identify the species exactly as there are so many of them from this group, but it looks like Catocala amatrix.
Underwing moth by Mark Sturtevant, on Flickr
I had learned that “Catocala” is Greek for ‘beautiful below’, which refers to the flashy hind wings of underwing moths. This large genus of moths utilizes a combination of camouflage and deception to thwart predators. When disturbed to take flight, they are super speed demons and they fly very evasively so no bird in existence can even hope to chase it. But one can plainly see its flashing colors when flying, and that is what a predator will then remember to search for when it lands. It lands on vertical surfaces (which are supposed to be tree trunks not picnic shelters), often quickly scooching to the opposite side of the tree trunk before settling. With the wings folded, it can generally blend in perfectly with the bark. A predator would be looking for something brightly colored here, and would not be even thinking to look for a bit of “tree bark” over there.
I remember a few years ago when I spotted one of these on a tree trunk (it was not a good match where it settled). I spent considerable time taking pictures, and when viewing them in the computer only then did I notice another one sitting mere inches away!

Finally, I picked up a bunch of monarch caterpillars (Danaus plexippus), and raised them. I wanted to photograph the changes in the chrysalis as the adult starts to form inside, and to maybe photograph an emergence. But I got distracted (goofing off outdoors with the camera, no doubt), and so managed to miss most of it. But this is some of what I got. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Monarchs pupating by Mark Sturtevant, on Flickr
Monarch chrysalis by Mark Sturtevant, on Flickr
Monarch chrysalis by Mark Sturtevant, on Flickr
Monarch butterfly by Mark Sturtevant, on Flickr
More pictures from late last year. September, I th... (show quote)


Fine photos.
One question.
Are the two chrysalyds on a cherry twig?
Cherry is not a preferred food plant, but who knows?
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 14:05:45   #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Good capture. I understand they make great turtle soup


Better than great. Don't forget the dry sherry.
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 14:01:21   #
cameranut wrote:
Isn't Ricin made from the Castor Bean oil? I have no intentions of handling these packet if I get them, except to double bag them and take to the police station or nearest agriculture center. Then I'm going to wash my hands in some strong hot soapy water.


Correct about ricin.
In the bean, the one of which I spoke is MORE poisoness.
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 13:56:38   #
mg1962 wrote:
Looks like a male Tuscan Blonde Tarantula. Males do not live as long as the females do.


If you are referring to Aphonopelma chalcodes, then correct.
Otherwise a common name, like Tarantulas, and not accurate, or correct, if found.
Common in Arizona.
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 12:35:54   #
SteveR wrote:
Goodfellas. It's on Sundance right now. Worth watching every few years. What are your favorites?


Has anyone noticed that this list is self procreating?
Not that anyone should stop.
I am making a list of future DVD purchaces.
Bill.
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Aug 2, 2020 12:23:55   #
SteveR wrote:
Goodfellas. It's on Sundance right now. Worth watching every few years. What are your favorites?


Too many to name post WWll war movies and the newsclips.
At 73, I remember early 50's movies, if prompted.
Except for Hatari and McClintock ( sp.??) not a John Wayne fan. Wait, I forgot Rio Bravo, and The Alamo, North to Alaska. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Donavan's Reef, I think just "Never Mind", just forget it. Have The Seven Samuri on cueue.
Night, all.
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 11:02:51   #
llamb wrote:
Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama.

~Lee


The Japanese version, no dubbing, sub titled in English.
Three disc set.
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 10:41:58   #
Was at Idewild WMA,not much. Drought conditions.
So to the park at Dover Bridge Park.
This was working overhead for half hour or more.
Best I could do.
This was fast.
The walk to the old bridge is marshy and wet both sides, tar and chip walk way, so dry, level walking.
No pictures, but, dozens of dragonflies.
Bill
I believe the last photo was out of a couple dozen.


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Aug 2, 2020 09:55:59   #
Matt_F wrote:
I was walking up a rocky slope by a river close to my house when suddenly the rock on a ledge in front of my face moved. I jumped back startled and realized it was a big snapping turtle. The river was flooding and it must have climbed onto the rocks to rest from the rushing water. Here's a couple photos I took with my phone.


By the way. That turtle is a tribute to the purity of the stream's water.
This is the natural color of a snapper.
They are usually a muddy brown, from the turbid waters they will inhabit.
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Aug 2, 2020 08:36:34   #
cameranut wrote:
Just wondering if anyone has received any of those mystery seeds from China and thereabout.


There is a bright red seed with a black spot.
They are used on Rosaries and jewelry.
Airbus precatorius, or Rosary pea.
I thought the seeds and plant pretty and ordered some.
ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY
POISONESS SEEDS THERE ARE.
More so than castor bean.
And NO WARNING.
The point?
Do not even open any seeds recieved this way.
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 08:21:57   #
dancers wrote:
Once Upon a Time in America...............I have had to buy a second CD.............I have "worn out" the first one. LOL


Here, here, and "My Name is Nobody".
Fonda as a villain.
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 08:18:45   #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Who died alone in an alley with no one to care


Shame it died. These make good 'pets'.
Docile and large, one of the more popular 'Tarantulas' in the 70's.
Tho Tarantulas are European, the name has been applied to these "Hairy Mygalomorphs", as they are known, too.
The largest, in S. A., are 10 inches in leg span and eat birds.
Eaten, they "taste like lobster".
Bill
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Aug 2, 2020 07:59:41   #
Chuy wrote:
I had no idea what these things were until I looked them up. Correction on the name of the moth, it is a Luna moth.


I have raised and released literally hundreds of these in a room set aside for the purpose. Shoo them our a window dozens at a times when a batch eclosed.
I got three generations a year, numerous broods. Fed on Sweet, or Star Gum.
Neighbors loved it.
Nice shots of my favorite Giant Saturniid.
Bill
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